It’s weird how those old photos that pop up on FB “memories” can make me feel sometimes ☗☗☗
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I do realize how much I have evolved since I started living in Vancouver but it also makes me realize what I have gotten worse at.
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My confidence rose and dipped again, I have lost my motivation for something and found something new to focus on, but when I look at the big picture I still feel kinda lost a lot.
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I am grateful for having a partner willing to go through it all with me though, and am looking forward to a lifetime of growing, trying, whether it is for failing or succeeding, with him.
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I dreamed of living in an English speaking country my whole childhood and teenage years, and now it is my reality. Here I am and I should be proud of that.
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Cheers lovelies !

In a bar 7 years ago one girl complained she didn’t have anyone to go to a concert with her, and another girl had no idea who she was talking about. After googling Matthew Good, the clueless girl realized she knew a few songs and liked him. Those girls went to the concert together and the rest is history.
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I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve seen Matthew Good in concert now, but I’m sure @diannelsmith could tell you. I do remember meeting him(twice), the drunken lady screaming “HASHBROWNS!”, the time one of us spilled a man beer everywhere, the time one of us pissed off the mother of the opening act, being nursing mommas and having to take pumping breaks, and how there is always a patch of road driving home that’s so foggy we can’t see anything😳
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I look forward to our annual Matthew dates, and I am thankful for the friendship and memories made along the way💙 Annnd oh my gosh swipe 👉🏻👉🏻 to see a couple of babies at their first concert😍
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#memoriesbackthen#grandcanarias#tavelogue#happymoments ❤️ #lifeisgood .
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My kind of St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 though it is NOT my day!
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My name Patricia was given to me by my Italian Godfather, an already older man who couldn’t have any kids, and whose title of Godfather sent him to the moon. He adored me! His plans for his cuasi-daughter were laid out for me: I was to grow my teenage years in Italy to learn his language and culture, or at the very least, I was to graduate university there, until...
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My father had a fight with him. My Godfather only wanted the best for my father, a soon to be new restaurant with a partnership? Or something of that sort created the rift, for what I remember. It’s all a blur now! My father, a master in holding grudges, prohibited my Godfather to see me ever again. Yet, he still secretly did baring always gifts with watery eyes whenever we said goodbye. Did I say he adored me? Very much! Until...
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My father found out and well, he couldn’t visit me anymore. He was an older man, my Godfather Atilio, so by now he must be dead. Just when my Father got sick, I thought of asking him about what had happened exactly, and if he ever heard from him again, but it wasn’t appropriate. My father died, and all I am left is with my name Patricia.
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My Godfather said Patricia meant Nobility in his country, so St. Patrick has never felt like my Saint’s name. That’s not the origin of my given name. It comes from a medieval Italian title of nobility. I was also left with an immense love for pasta and pizza, for which I think my Godfather would have been proud.
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The moral lesson of this story, if there’s one is that: “Life is too short for long-term grudges.” ~Elon Musk
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#holdnogrudges#lifeistooshorttobeunhappy#benoble#bekindalways#thatisthesecrettohappiness#matchalatte